FRHD 3150 Study Guide - Final Guide: Community Psychology, Biofeedback, Reciprocal Inhibition

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3150
• Professor: Michelle Preyde

Document Summary

Number of instances of a behaviour that occur in a period of time. Rule specifying which occurrences of a given behaviour will be reinforced. Each time you turn the tap, you get water. Intermittent is best in the maintenance phase. Reinforcer remains effective longer satitation takes place more slowly. Individuals work more consistently on these schueldes. More likely to persist in natural environment. Occurs each time a fixed number of responses occur. Fr 2 had to complete 2 math problems. Deterioration of responding from increasing an fr too quickly (starting at f1) The higher the value f 16 (instead of f2) the longer the pause. Piece-rate pay farm worker paid for specified amount of fruit picked. Number of responses changes unpredictably - around an average. Ratio requirement increased by a specific amount after each reinforcement. At beginning of each session ratio requirement starts back at original value individual stops responding completely.